Dad Reacts to Childish Gambino - This Is America - Reaction!!!! 

Tell me about it, loved the way he explained that part

Absolutely!

That's how people described Mos Def 20 years ago, as "conscious". Then it got turned around as to being derogatory.

@@chbuddah86 And then the same happened with "woke".

Spirit having a human experience!

You really thought the big white structure was deep? Dayum....this really is America.

Sir Nice I figured the area was more of an urban, natureless area that everyones are stored in like they're things. I just missed the color choice. And Jesus Christ man... What the Hell wrong with you?

Tiana Tampico Holy shit...

@@IbelieveinJesusAmen A big, white, colonial, systemic structure.

It's an amazing video, because there's SO much going on in it!

Patricia Burgess what u smoking i want some.

Patricia Burgess boi gimme some that fairy dust shit your on or i finna curse smbody.

Patricia Burgess Ok who are you talking to? You have like half a conversation up here. It's almost like your explaining your position, but is funky in how it's worded. Did somebody start talking with you then delete their comment(s)? Also you are super pretentious, and sound like a very vain, vapid person. Loosen up, I was having some fun with some non-serious banter. If you really get anal about my name then just fuckin block me.

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I think that and the fact he's shirtless also builds this double parallel. On one hand, about how mainstream modern rap is about bragging about how great the artist is (and how many women they fuck is part of that). Like, the lyrics sound like your usual mainstream toothless rap, but the contrast with the video shows that it's all part of the media distraction. And on the other hand, I think he's also shirtless (and the first shot of him is from the back) as an allusion to slavery ("look what I'm whipping up" also references that imagery - black slaves were whipped on the back).

Yes, I thought it was a symbolic police horse, because it was white, the color of innocence, and the police are always assumed to be good heroes, but actually abusers of the system.

Usually in visual narratives a white horse represents a hero.

​@@nokindred I think it's safe to say with this song that it's unlikely to be as simple as that, a white horse has many different meanings, it seems likely to me that various associations of white horses were considered when planning this video because they all work so well together. The hero on a white horse is a common theme but so is the biblical white/pale horse from the four horsemen of the apocalypse which can mean either conquest, death or pestilence depending on who you ask. Now a supposed hero that promises good but then brings conquest (a key component of colonialism), death and pestilence seems like pretty relevant symbolism for this video don't you think?

@@emmao6578 that's a valid interpretation. I think it's also likely a statement that white people always view themselves as the hero, which is why the white horse specifically was used and given the overall video context is more likely.

@@nokindred I never disagreed with the horse representing a hero in some way, you can see that from my last sentence in previous comment. It just seemed that you were correcting the OP and saying that a hero was the only symbolic meaning the horse could have, which is what I disagreed with.

thank you for the clarification!

BonusRoundTube at 3:41 there is a suicide happening behind ..watch closely

BonusRoundTube also at the end there is a black woman also running away ...

BonusRoundTube I Also wonder if it had to do with colonialism? But the biblical reference was what I was thinking...

It could also symbolize the heroin/ opioid crisis. "Horse" has been American slang for heroin for decades. For instance " white pony" was a Deftones album that spoke frequently about heroin addiction. Maybe Donald chose to include this because there are multiple interpretations. Its an equally relevant image either way, and that's what makes it genius. Its designed to grab the attention of people with different outlooks for different reason.

HERE'S WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE MISS: 1) He is in the video, but hidden behind the pillar 2) Guitarist looks like Treyvon Martins father 3) Glover isn't wearing a shirt. Proud of his black skin? Perhaps. In a world of bleachers. 4) The double gold chain. Something to do with America's history. 5) His pants - is that the pants of the North, or the Confederate South? 6) The big-eyes look is Uncle Ruckus 7) Black on black crime. Glover shoots his own brother behind his back! / / / Gun violence 8) The way he is standing, after shooting dude is Jim Crow. 9) What's with the zombie dancing? Does it represent how zombie like (numb) people are in America? 10) Gun violence & all the debates on gun restriction 11) "Police be trippin" represents the COPS (Criminals On Patrol) and all their very public executions with the pathetic Government doing nothing about it. 12) African dance (leg sway). 13) Christian choir singing "Get Your Money" … which is typical, useless Western Churchianity. Prosperity preaching that isn't the Gospel at all. 14) Gambino comes in happy, but then realizes that what he entered for is NOT what they are singing about, and his expression changes from joy to disappointment as if he realizes that "this Church is no benefit to me at all" … and pulls the trigger. Reminds me of something: [Mat 5:13 KJV] 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. True. If salt looses its flavor, what good is it? It is thrown in the trash. The influence of the American Church is in a pitiful state because of the Godless preaching and the hyocrites and toleration within. The salt has lost its flavor! 15) DONALD GLOVER DOES NOT HAVE TATTOOS! No one reviewing his videos has even touched this fact. So, WHAT IS THAT TAT ON HIS INNER ARM? WHAT DOES IT SAY? I tried to pause to read it, but it can't get a clear picture. But I looked it up, and Glover does NOT have tattoos, so that tat on his inner arm must mean something. Everyone who is reviewing the vids seem to miss it. Y'all are so used to seeing tats, that you don't even notice it, but I notice, and I looked up whether or not he has tats in real life, and he doesn't, so that tat is FAKE, and it must say/mean something. 16) He over-extenuates "I'm so pretty" that its causing me to wonder if he's dealing with the vanity of a female … or the flame of a HOMOSEXUAL, GENDER-CONFUSED MALE. Cause the "men" tend to over do it more than the women - they act worst! 17) Kids on cellphones, not adults. They are the ones growing into this new technology, always on some device instead of outside playing like we used to. And the scarfs over their mouths probably represents "seeing evil by not saying evil". Stupid people wil record you getting hurt, but don't even think to put their stupid phones down and get you HELP! All the idiots do is say "worldstar." Back in the day, we'd beak up a fight, or help the person who got hurt without thinking about it. 18) Police car - but violence all around. Powerless to stop the NATION when it get's to the point of National Civil Unrest … and I believe this country is heading that direction. 19) Rider on a white horse is NOT death, contrary to the opinions of people . The rider of the white horse is GODLESS RELIGIOUSITY. There are a lot of religious nuts in the planet who talk about God like they are a #1 fan, but they are NOT true followers and they do NOT obey/serve Him. The FIRST rider is the white horse. The LAST rider is Death, and he is on a BLACK horse, not a white one. So, all the people who review it, saying that it's death, they are ALL wrong. 11) No idea what he's talking about, but I do know that contraband and hundred bands point to DRUGS. Perscription AND illegal! This country is full of so much retardation, I'm convinced that its drugs. Drugs in drinking water. Poison in foods. Flouride. Folk are just messed up! Blacks AND whites! Then he lights a joint/spliff. Represents the drug us in America, possibly the legalization of marijuana. 12) The 17 seconds or silence are the 17 kids who were killed in the shooting. And observe the face of the little boy before he ran off - he was terrified. 13) No idea what the old cars represent. There isn't a single modern car in the shot. Try counting them, and are they the same make car (all Hondas, or all Toyotas, or all …?) 14) Terrified Glover running from white people. That's too loaded to even guess.

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oh, I thought it was get your mommy black man

It said "get your money black man" I think refers to the fact that after slavery was abolished black people were promised 40 acres and a mule and after that statement the 40 acres and a mule was never received therefore we have to get what we are owed

Two years later..2020!

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demon corn ok sure

@@caslino7029 they do

Yeah well, there's a reason for that.

Melissa Faye there’s no reason to fear black men, or anyone for the color of their skin, unless you’re just a racist pile of shit.

@@SuperflyLamar do you know why some fear others by the color of their skin or their looks? Or are you too naive to understand what this world and its people are really like?

@@divi1223 You do know what naive means, right?

@@divi1223 there is nothing "smart" about what you just said. "smart cat"

D Vixen what you know about Jim Crow

Matrix Theory what YOU know about Obama? 😝😘😎

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I'm randomly revisiting this video and the reactions to it, and honestly, this might be one of the most interesting parts of the video to me... the choice that he made to evoke a racist caricature with his own body, presentation, and movements. it leads to a lot of potential thoughts... thoughts about how African Americans were dehumanized, how African culture was treated as exotic and divergent, and how caricatures like Jim Crow served to alienate black folks (a perceived aberration) from white folks (the perceived norm), both for traits that they actually had (residual African culture) and for traits that were ascribed to them by whites playing black stock characters. I think it's interesting because it shows how real people bear the weight of this kind of racial reputation. caricatures like Jim Crow stick out as a very old fashioned example, but this asks us how far past this we've really moved, and what kind of weight something like that leaves on the shoulders of those whose culture was saddled with that baggage. on top of that, the more literal role of this Jim Crow caricature in this video seems to be almost some kind of harbinger. he shows up, enacts violence, then walks away while others swoop in to deal with the fallout in his wake. it's almost like he isn't literally the person doing the violence so much as he is representative of whatever violence exists in the people who do this sort of thing. he slips away because the root of that violence is never addressed to the point where it stops. and it's shocking how overt he can be while still slipping away, over and over... becoming the focal point of the video, even while chaos happens around him. which could in turn be linked to how gun violence becomes a spectacle in the news every time some new big tragedy occurs, or a commentary on how things like vanity and the entertainment industry take the forefront in our minds, making it easier for heavier issues to take a back seat. I like that there are a lot of ways to read this presentation. it makes you think through all of the possible connections that could be made, instead of leaving you with the idea that there's only one right answer.

The dances are also off a bunch of popular teen and film clip dances , the way it goes from murder immediately into pop culture vanity performances. I bet if this were done now you'd see plenty of the tik tok dances in it

it also means how America value the gun instead of people lives.

I took it as treating a gun better than a person - which many people value their gun over a human life in this country.

shontapl i also thought there was importance in the colour of the flag. red representing the republicans who are pro-gun

That's a damn good catch, and I liked that read. Personally, I was thinking of the concept of organized crime and organized violence. The trigger man commits the crime, then hands the weapon off to a young, anonymous runner to dispose of it.

It represents the “red” party... republicans protecting the gun against all else

Truth is Singular Definitely

Great comment. This made me happy.

I live in deep south USA, but when I go out in public, people are almost always really friendly with each other, whether you're black, white, man, woman, gay, straight, whatever, you name it. It's fucked up how the media makes it out like it's all one side against the other. Pretty obvious what they're trying to do to us, but we know we're in this together. I love all of you brothers and sisters out there.

Le Jamie I am in Honolulu Hawaii. We have all the Asian and Pacific Islander ethnicities along all the westerner ethnicities and we all get along. Same here it doesn’t matter who you are. The media would like to divide us but they don’t realize to me to be an American means you respect everyone. Our hearts are too big and loyalty to ourselves can not ever dived us.

True that! I love hearing everyone’s thoughts on this.

People are going to be talking about this video for decades. It's the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" of rap-- it's a seismic shift which is going to inspire a lot of art.

Yup

Deb Kling The white horse symbolizes revelation from The Bible what it says in revelations where it talks about the rider in the white horse

Well said

starkeffect agreed

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Did you notice the facemasks on the balcony videors

Same here

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yikes

Spoken like someone who doesn't know a damn thing about Kanye

Assume much? I was a hip hop promoter in the 90's so I am well aware of him and who he was before the crash that made him famous. he was always a good producer with occasional clever concepts 'through the wire', 'jesus walks', 'livin a movie' etc but a genius he is not.. he claims to be so special but in reality he isn't even on the level of Dr Dre or Rick Rubin within his own field. the ignorant narcissistic nonsense he spews these days is just embarrassing. the man is as deep as a puddle of piss so I suggest you get of his dick and think for yourself.

I do think for myself and I think his music and art are great. I wouldn't have gotten into his stuff if I didn't think otherwise. I notice that you only mentioned his earlier stuff, so what I think is you kinda fucked with his older stuff, but as he got more popular and doing stupid shit, you fell into that hive mind that was hating on him. Pretty much everything you just said sounds like the typical anti-Kanye argument that sheeps have. Also, you say he isn't even on the level of Rick Rubin and Dre, when Rubin has praised Kanye multiple times.

BaaM the plural of sheep is sheep. "sheeps" sounds very childish like "fishes" or "wolfs". I see now you are a young girl so I understand your defence of him. it is not hive minded of people to be turned off by his arrogance it is basic human nature to avoid distasteful things. he lost all respect from me the first time he jumped on stage to hijack a video award. then the autotune years omg even he must cringe at some of that tripe. then recent inane ramblings like "slavery was a choice" have nailed his coffin further. I do still listen to his music from time to time (via teenage daughters) but the man, his attitude and his politics are 100% clown shoes. have a great day hun..

You just told me all I need to know. You are a sheep. I'm a dude btw. Guys can make grammar mistakes too, judging by your lack of capitalization.

Thats horrible how we just... Got used to it... Terrorism, mass shooting, violence, war... "Oh no another shooting whatever, check thay cute cat I found on youtube"

@@etaquince5220 basically.. it became "normalize" and our generation before us are finally realizing the domino effects. 😬

Wendell W you really think 2018 is anywhere near the sixties? This is exactly what Kanye was talking about

NivKotz GTFOH talking about Kanye. Kanye don't even know wtf Kanye was talking about. STFU.

about that kanye speech even he admitted he was wrong when he was shown up.. gave the guy a hug too.. but anyways to answer your question every generation has their own struggles and though it may not seem like it, the video itself shows the progression of america.. which isn't much .. we are all bent on worldstar and fighting .. chaos mentality.. mass shootings .. blaming others four our own problems .. and somehow valuing guns more so than we do human life... explain how when someone fights to fix something the rebuttal is but you want to take our guns...at some point something has to change.. and a couple of dead guys for almost 300+ years ago cant fix us now.. it our turn to do so

I have to watch it a few times...because THIS IS AMERICA...is based on todays social status....the last part with him running.....notice his eyes were white....its either about black people who are unconscious....or like you said black moving away from mental bondage...yo this video is deep....

Gloria Swaggard it is deep. Because we've come around in full circle. And we are getting no where. It's so much greed in America. Trump is a big investor in discourse. He just pulling the wool over gullible peoples eyes. He's a professional bullshitter.

This is the first time I've heard about his hair in the video. Holy shit, that's brilliant. Do you have a favorite explanation video you could give me a link to?

we learned about these laws in school

It's also the death card in Tarot

@@tanya8131971 depends on the deck you use

Cam J well i think that its not signaling armageddon but the new beginning, since it always the last one

If we're being technical there was a white horse and a pale horse, the white horse carries Conquest, defined as "the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force" which also has a lot of meaning in this video. The pale horse translated more literally means an ashen yellow greenish color not white, although the death association is obviously still relevant because of how common the idea of, pale horse = white horse = death, has become

Loud_ Hailer This is AmeriKKKa, no saving, and no way out for her!!! She will stand trial!!!

Pale means greenish-yellow. Conquest rides the white horse. There is a bunch of meaning in each thing used in the video. Meant to evoke, invoke, provoke, advocate, and convocate. Speak.

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Tonya Book i was thinkin the same.

Tonya Book I wasnts gonna say nothing butttttt..lol

Thank you. Attention to details!

confined and chaotic

Ki Peacelifeandbeauty gambino himself represents america and the were house is like a prison that's almost all white to represent the opression

Brandi Campbell following on that tangent of music. During slavery music was spiritual and uplifting bc it was a way to keep hope alive. Notice after he shots, the music changes to hardcore rap. The music is not longer hopeful; it's an angry reaction to the violent going on, particularly against the African American population.

panama2468 Agree! Not just violence in the Black community, but among our youth. The music today is to influences the younger generation and keep them dumb down, because the children are our future, they can make real changes and America is afraid of that. That’s why you don’t hear much play on the radios and tv’s from ppl who is trying to organize a nation and speak facts!, not always about money, cars, clothes and hoes... This is the reason why he’s running at the end of the video, after he awakens America with this video, “America” is coming for him to shut him up! Like they do any and all black woke people with a message to up lift the world.

Brandi Campbell, you know I've seen the video several times (different posts) but for some reason this is my first time hearing the guitar playing... That's wild!

Brandi Campbell

Death is NOT the white. And the pale horse is actually green.

Dub Deuce (white horse ) death and hell follows behind bible revelations